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How to Ride a Bicycle Over Rough Pavement or Cobbles

By Coach Fred Matheny I’ve never ridden the fabled cobblestone roads of northern France or Belgium, the ones that shake riders into insensibility in Paris-Roubaix and some of the other Spring Classics. But on my local training roads we have the next best thing for masochistic riding – genuine western Colorado chip-and-seal. Recently, they’ve been using gravel so large … [Read more...] about How to Ride a Bicycle Over Rough Pavement or Cobbles

Paris-Roubaix: The Six Success Factors

  By Coach John Hughes   Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) won Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, soundly defeating Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) and Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe). Boonen had won Paris-Roubaix four times, equaling Roger De Vlaeminck in wins. This was his last race — he retired at the end of the day — and he intended to go out with a win. At the very beginning of the … [Read more...] about Paris-Roubaix: The Six Success Factors

RBR Readers’ ‘Crash’ Commentary

By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher There was a lot of feedback to my article last week, The First Rule of Crashes, the headline being the term I use for something just about every roadie hears early on in his or her riding career: It's not a question if IF you crash, but WHEN. I went on to talk about what I call the banality of roadie wrecks – the fact that there … [Read more...] about RBR Readers’ ‘Crash’ Commentary

5 More Basic Bike Repair Tips

  By Jim Langley   Judging from the nice feedback received on last week's Tech Talk, 5 Basic Bike Repair Tips, basic repair is a popular topic. It makes sense, now that the riding weather is about here (still raining here in Northern California, though). So, let’s keep it going for another week with a handful of additional fix-it hints for budding … [Read more...] about 5 More Basic Bike Repair Tips

Riding the George S. Mickelson Trail

There’s So Much More to the Area Than Just the Trail   By Sheri Rosenbaum   My friend Ella has a goal to ride in every U.S. state. Back in September 2015 she had her sights set on state #45…South Dakota. I hadn’t been there since I was a kid, plus had some extra vacation time, so I decided to join her on our very own Lucy and Ethel road trip. (If you're … [Read more...] about Riding the George S. Mickelson Trail

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